{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/195",
  "legislation_title": "Gas Safety (Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Co-operation",
  "text": "(1) Every person to whom this paragraph applies shall co-operate so far as is necessary with a person conveying gas in a network and with a network emergency co-ordinator to enable them to comply with the provisions of these Regulations.\n(2) Paragraph (1) applies to—\n(a) a person conveying gas in the network;\n(b) an emergency service provider;\n(c) the network emergency co-ordinator in relation to a person conveying gas;\n(d) a person conveying gas in pipes which are not part of a network by virtue of regulation 2(3) or (4);\n(e) a person authorised to supply gas by a licence granted under Article 8(1)(c) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;\n(f) a person exempted under Article 7(1) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 from Article 6(1)(b) or (c) of that Order;\n(g) the person in control of—\n(i) such part of an interconnector supplying gas to, or taking gas from, a network as is not included in a network by virtue of regulation 2(3);\n(ii) a gas production facility;\n(iii) a gas processing facility; or\n(iv) a storage facility.\n(3) The reference in paragraph (2)(g)(ii) to the person in control of a gas production facility is—\n(a) where the facility is a fixed installation within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995, an operator within the meaning of that regulation;\n(b) where the facility is at a borehole site within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Borehole Sites and Operations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995, an operator within the meaning of that regulation.\n(4) A person conveying gas in a network may, subject to paragraph (5), direct a person not to consume gas for the period specified in the direction.\n(5) A direction under paragraph (4) may—\n(a) only be given where it is necessary to prevent a supply emergency or to prevent danger arising from the use of gas not conforming with the requirements of regulation 8;\n(b) be given orally or in writing and may be withdrawn at any time.\n(6) Where a direction is given to a person pursuant to paragraph (4), that person shall comply with it during the period specified in the direction except that this shall not require him to comply with a direction after it has been withdrawn.\n(7) In criminal proceedings for a contravention of paragraph (6) it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that he had no knowledge of the direction.\n(8) A person who conveys gas in a network shall, where he is requested to do so by a person proposing to carry out work in relation to a gas fitting, provide him with information about the operating pressures of the gas at the outlet of a service pipe.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in operation at 12.5.1997, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1995 No. 340 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 1995 No. 491"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/195",
      "affecting_title": "Gas Safety (Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/195/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:29:11.961380+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}